Did Google fire a person for defending a sentient AI. Not really but we'll explain why you might have heard that. Plus a car powered with solar panels and do we want free ad-supported books from Spotify? If they're read by a non-sentient AI?

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Quick Hits:

https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/entertainment/bytedance-pico-us-hires-expansion

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23163277/apple-third-party-payment-rules-update-acm-dutch-dating-apps-netherlands?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/13/23165401/defi-cryptocurrency-celsius-network-pause-withdrawals

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/13/23165611/bitcoin-ethereum-crypto-price-drop-celsius

https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-activision-blizzard-unionization-agreement-cwa-163550095.html

https://www.engadget.com/2013-12-01-amazon-prime-air-drones.html

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/13/amazon-starting-drone-deliveries-in-california-town-later-this-year/

Top Stories:

https://www.inputmag.com/tech/lightyear-0-electric-car-solar-panels-ev

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/9/23161536/spotify-audiobooks-amazon-audible-podcasts?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/13/spotify-is-acquiring-sonantic-the-ai-voice-platform-used-to-simulate-val-kilmers-voice-in-top-gun-maverick/

Discussion Story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/12/google-engineer-ai-bot-sentient-blake-lemoine

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/13/23165535/google-suspends-ai-artificial-intelligence-engineer-sentient

https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/what-is-lamda-and-what-does-it-want-688632134489

https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/nonsense-on-stilts?s=r

https://techtom.substack.com/p/has-googles-lamda-become-sentient?r=3y2gz&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Kicker:

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/09/nasa-assembles-a-ufo-research-team-to-study-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2853121/dod-announces-the-establishment-of-the-airborne-object-identification-and-manag/

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